Anticreeping device for rails.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

J. J. 0. FISCHER;

ANTICRBEPING DEVICE FOR RAILS. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 10, 1906.

JENS JORGENSEN ova rrscnna, or moms, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'ro BRYAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF RACINE,

roaArlon or WISCONSIN.

WISCONSIN, A COR- ANTIC'REEPING DEVICE FOR RAILS- Specification of Letters Patent.

1 Patented Dec. 25, 1966.

' Application filed May 10,1906. Serial No. 316,067.

To all whom it mag concern;

- Be it known that I, Jens J ORGENSEN OvE Frsonnn, residing in Racine,- in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Antioreep I ing Devices for Rails, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification. H i I My invention has relation to improvements in anticreeping devicesfor rails. 5 v The primary object of the invention isto 'mprove the construction covered in my issued United States Letters Patent No. 808,648, dated January 2, 1906, whereby the Construction referred to is readily adapted for rails of varying widths of base.

- With the above primary object and other incidental objects in view the-invention con sists of the devices and parts or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a transverse section of a railway-rail equipped by dotted lines.

with my improvements, the tie being shown Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1. moved from the rail. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the grip ing devices, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section on tlie line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 6 indicates the rail, and 7 one of the supporting cross-ties.

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. The grippin device for one side of the railbase (indicated by the letter A) is substantially. similar to the corres onding gripping inember shown and descri ed in my ssued patent hereinbefore referred to and consists of two lower jaws 8 8, the upper faces thereof when the device is adjusted to the base'of the rail adapted to underlie said rail-base, and an upper jaw 9, the under face thereof adapted to overlie therail-base when the devlce is adjusted to tharail.

'45 steel.

In each oi the lower 'aws 8 is set a grippingbar 10 referabl of c illed iron or hardened ach of t ese bars has one edge thereof projecting slightly above the.. face of the jaw, and in like b l f bf u .erjaw9a i ingar11,a so re era o zhilled irogoi hardened steel. whio has one edge projecting below the faceiof he jaw.-

The gri ping member A is prefefab y a' casting of ma eable metal having recesses 12 Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device re manner there is set in the lar in cross-section to prevent their rotating in the said recesses. j A'lip 13 is left at 'the outer end of each recess. These lips inthe original oastingproject outwardly, but are of the gripping-bars, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, to prevent the bars from working out of their sockets. Y

The gri ping member A is provided with ing set to abut against the side of the tie7 and the outer wall 15 provided through its upperportion with an opening 16. I i

he other gripping member B, which is employed in connection'with the 'p ing member A, consists of a bar having afiibo 17 at one end, which engages over the side edge of the base of the rail opposite to the ed 6 which is engaged by the gri ping member- The bar B extends beneat the base-of the rail, and its unhooked end passes through the openin 16 of the wall 15 of member A.

The Ieatures of my inventionwhich constitute an improvement u on the construction covered in my Letters atent No. 808,648,- hereinbefore referred to, will now be described. The end of the member B which pro'ects beyond the openin 16 is provided; wit an elongated slot "18, t e inner faces of the walls of this slot'being provided with a. series of vertical recesses 19, each recess at osite side. A ey 20 is provided, and this ey is formed on opposite sides and longitudinally thereof wit ribs 21 21. The key is 18- by the engagement of the ribs 21 with an two of the opposite recesses 19, the side walg of the recesses and the outer faces of the ribs engagement or king of the key is provid 1describedhandb driven dowpwgr ey is t ere y prevents em drop through the seat. The outer wall 15 and tli web 22 extending therefrom, aswell as the inner edge of the key, are also beveled most clearly shown in I, so that the key is driven downwardly theop ositely} I cast therein to admit the gripping-bars 10 and 11, and which bars are preferably angusubsequently hammered "down over the ends two side spending walls 1414 and an outer depending wall 15, one of said side walls be-- one side being opposite to a recess at the opadapted to be passed into the elongated slfot being preferabl? beveled, so that a wed when the key is brought into englagemept as an the drawn toward each other and into close engagement with the )posite edges of the railase. It is advisable also that the hook 17 -be provided with-a gripping-bar adapted to bite into the side edge of the base of the rail to which said hook 18 adjusted, and thereby assist the gripping-bars and inglongitudinal movementoi the device. To this end I provide the inner face of the back of the hook with a vertically-disposed gripping-bar 23, one edge of-whieh projects beyond the face of said back of the hook and is eda itedto bite against'the side edge of the rail ase.'=" ;'I his-ga-ip ing-bar-niay be secured to the-hookin'any desirable-manner;- but 1 fprefer torpmvide through ehook a Square.

I 'pp g-bar is disf the Opening i "OPQIHIIE 24',- in which theesed.- At the upper: en liaft'a' lip 25, winch-originallyprojects upwardly iromthe-hook, but which after the erly adjusted -with'its hooked: end in engage berA 18 ad usted onto the opposite end. of the made-toengag and grip the o posite faces of the-rail-sbasei The key 20 is-tlieninserted in 5 -place,- the lips 21 thereof being made to engage the'recesses 19 which are closest to the outerside 15 of the member A. H the device is 'to be adjusted to a rail ha-vingw base of a differentwidth from the rail-base-illustrated 40 in the drawings, the key 20 is of course adjustedaccordin ly; -It will therefore be evident that notwithstandingvariations of the width of rail bases my im roved construction i s-a'dapted t-o be -a pied thereto, and when the key'is'insertec and driven down.- wardly thetwo members A'and B, by reason 'of'the beveled inner side of the key engaging the lbeveled -ou-ter side of the member A, are- 1 drawn toward-each'other and made gm theoppositelongitudinal edges of the 'ra' Joase. *WhatsI elaim as my-invention isl=. An anticreeping device forrails c01n- 'prising'a pair of jaws, means constructed to 5. 5 other means for moving the aws closer tos and clampedto the rail-Misc, to act on one ol 11 in preventimentwith the edge olithe rail base the=me1n--- base, and having its adjust and-clamp the jaws to w rail, and. aplurality oi sets of recesses, and a key the jaws and thereby hold said jaw in ad justed position and effect a clamping engagement of the jaws with the o posito sides of the rail-base at any of the a uste'd positions of the jaws apart.

3. An anticreeping device for rails, coinprising a bar having an engaging member at one end adapted to engage the edge of a railase, a gripping device adjustable longitudinally on the op osite end of the bar and adapted to grip t 1e opposite edge of the railbase, the said bar having an elongated slot extending longitudinally thereof, and means engaging the slot and operating on the gri -pmg device, to-hold said gripping device in into claniping engagementwith theopposito sides of the rail-base, after havingtially clamped in adjusted. position.

An anticreeping device for rails, comprising a bar having an engaging member at one endadapted to engage the edge ota railbase, a gripping member adjustable l ongi t1 1-- dinally on ,he opposite end of the bar, means constructed to adjust and clamp the jaws to a rail and other means, after the gripping member and the engaging member have been initially clamped in adjusted position, for drawing said engaging member and the grip- 1n device toward each other and into furtber clamping engagement with tho opposite side edges of the I21ll-l)ltS0,tUld for retaining said parts in this clamping engagement.

5. An antioreeping device for rails, comprising a bar having an engaging member at one end adapted to engage the edgeofa railopposite end provided longitudinall rv with an elongated slot, the bordering siche walls of said slot formed with a plurality ofisets of recesses, a gripping device adjustable longitudinally on the slotted end of the bar and adapted to. engage the op posite edge of the rail-base, and a key ada )ted to engage any two recesses constituting one of the sets.

anticreeping device for rails, con1- prising a bar having an engaging member at one end. adapted to engage the edge of n railasc, and having its opposite-end provided longitudinally with an elongatedslot, the bordering side walls of said slot formed with vidcd (nuts side-edges with lon said hey adapted to be passerhthrough the elongated slot, and theribs thereof to engage any-two recesses constituting one of the sets.

7. An -antic1'e'eping device for rails, comprising a bar having an engaging member at one end adapted to engage the edge of a rail- -base, and having its opposite. endprovided hmgitudmallywith an ohmgated-slot, the bot:- diTrmg sidewall oi said'slot formed with a been iniplurality of sets of recesses, the outer walls thereof with beveled ribs, said ke adapted.

to hepassed through the elongate slot, and

- the beveled ribs thereofvto engage the bev-' eled walls of any two of the recesses'constituting one of the sets.

8 An anticreeping device for rails, comprising a bar havlng an engaging member at one end adapted to engage the edge of a railbase, and having its opposite end provided longitudinal] r with an elongated slot, the

bordering si e walls of said slot formed with a plurality oi sets of recesses, a gripping device adjustable on the slotted end of the bar and ada ted to engage the opposite edge of the railase, the said gripplng device provided with a beveled surface, and a key ada ted to be passed through the elongated s ot and to engage any two of the recesses constituting one of the sets, the inner side of said key provided with a beveled surface adapted to engage the beveled surface of the gripping device.

9. An anticreeping device for rails, com-, prising a bar havlng an engaging member at one end adapted to engage the edge of a railbase, and having its opposite end provided longitudinall with an elongated slot, the bordering si e walls of said slot formed with a lurality of sets of recesses, the outer walls 0 said recesses being beveled, a gripping device adjustable on the slotted end of the bar and adapted'to en age the opposite edge of the rail-base, the sai gripping device provided with a beveled surface, and a ke havi its eled ribs, and its inner side provided longislot, and the beveled ribs t ereof to engage the beveled walls of any two of the recesses surface-on the inner side of the key adapted side edges provided longitudinal y with evtudinally with a beveled surface, the said key adapted to be passed throu h the elongated constituting one of the sets, and the beveledto engage the beveled surface of the gripping device. v

10. An anticree ing device for rails, comprising a hook a apted to engage over the ber and adapted to bite against the edge of the rail-base, anda gripping member cornplernentary to the hook, and adapted to grip the opposite edge of the rail-base.

- In testimony whereof I aflix' my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JENS JORGENSEN OVE FISCHER. Witnesses: S; R. BRYAN,-

' B. S. KRADWELL'.

edge of a rail-base, a metal insert or biting 1 tooth arranged vertically of the hook mem- 

